tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33020106.post3827568917869393365..comments2024-03-11T05:46:35.380-05:00Comments on The Grand Duchy of Stollen : The Pleasures of Sorting, Painting Muses, Misplaced Figures, Bouncing Roundshot, and Etc. . .WSTKS-FM Worldwidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14173042438761572040noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33020106.post-35495892476627463512017-01-29T15:31:29.351-06:002017-01-29T15:31:29.351-06:00Thank you for your comments and suggestions, men! ...Thank you for your comments and suggestions, men! All very helpful. The von Scharnhorst material looks very good too. I've had a preliminary look and can actually make sense of several important details although it is printed in the old Fraktur script.<br /><br />Best Regards,<br /><br />StokesWSTKS-FM Worldwidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173042438761572040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33020106.post-19274442771879353762017-01-29T08:29:36.416-06:002017-01-29T08:29:36.416-06:00Lovely post Stokes. I think all wargamers, collec...Lovely post Stokes. I think all wargamers, collectors of miniatures love to 'organise' their unpainted lead pile, and then normally add to it very soon afterwards! <br /><br />As for artillery, I think the 'Swedish' style guns in the SYW had a screw to adjust the elevation; I know that the British guns did. The majority though had wooden wedges. The ideal for roundshot was for it to bounce close enough to the front rank so that the trajectory took at least two or three men in the file and then went on to do the same to any troops following up behind in a second rank. Have fun doing your rules.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33020106.post-68373464330044621572017-01-29T03:32:02.797-06:002017-01-29T03:32:02.797-06:00Hi Stokes,
you should try Scharnhorst, Gerhard vo...Hi Stokes,<br /><br />you should try Scharnhorst, Gerhard von: Über die Wirkung des feuergewehrs, Berlin: Nauk, 1813. Online http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10256228_00005.html., The artillery details are at pp. 3-77.<br /><br />Greetings<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16034524634871241417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33020106.post-6917982315575600392017-01-28T14:36:02.009-06:002017-01-28T14:36:02.009-06:00I hope to see the replacements painted and in use....I hope to see the replacements painted and in use. It might motivate me to finish mine. Cheers Jackohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01156243437690752780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33020106.post-55436401077308338642017-01-28T13:47:48.934-06:002017-01-28T13:47:48.934-06:00P.S:
Due to Regulation Prussian gunners roughly ai...P.S:<br />Due to Regulation Prussian gunners roughly aimed at the Flags so that they won't miss the target. And they awalys tried to adjust distance by aiming short of the Target. So that they will always can observe the Fire to make Better corrections. Saschahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12229917403182068862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33020106.post-83662152951057018302017-01-28T13:35:57.105-06:002017-01-28T13:35:57.105-06:00I really enjoyed this post! Especially the missing...I really enjoyed this post! Especially the missing Miniatures; if I could only find the command figures I bought this Summer ;-)<br /><br />Concerning your question about artillery: As I know they used different wooden wedges to adjust the barrel evelation! But, I think you're right that the purpose of a shot always was to bounce several times to get a longer hitting zone with Roundshot. Your cannons rule sound quite reseasonable and easy to me; I like that! <br /><br />Greetings<br />SaschaSaschahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12229917403182068862noreply@blogger.com